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Standard suicide front

The role's baseline bot lab opening: secure mexes, push out Thugs, Aggravators and Grunts to contest the middle and hold until T2 arrives.

#rush · 369 distinct matches · 77 players · 67% of Cortex Suicide front games · team won 51% of 382 · Recently observed

HOW TO PLAY IT

Key timing: Bot Lab by 0:34

  1. Take 3 mex, then rush a Bot Lab immediately for early army.
  2. Finish Bot Lab, start pumping Thug, Grunt and Aggravator.
  3. Push units to middle to contest and secure reclaim early.
  4. Add Advanced Metal Extractor to keep economy scaling with the fight.
  5. Hold middle with bots until T2 reinforcements arrive from Geo.

Phase by phase

TYPICAL OF ITS 369 GAMES
  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
PLAY THE OPENING

Follow the example game's first 6:00 step by step: what to build now, what comes next, and where it goes. At 1× it keeps pace with your own game.

  1. 1

    Up to the Bot Lab

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    Order
    1. Bot LabBot Lab after 1 mexdone ~0:34, middle half 0:26–0:44

    By 0:17 in all: 1 mex

    The example game in this phase · 3 steps
    1. Mex ×3
    2. Wind
    3. Bot LabBot Labdone 0:49 · typical 0:34
  2. 2

    Bot Lab to 5:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor4Mex
    • Wind Turbine3Wind
    Builders
    • Graverobber4 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot3 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard3 Guard
    • Thug14 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt
    • Aggravator1 Aggravator
    Other
    • Radar Tower1 Radar Tower

    By 5:00 in all: 5 mex · 3 wind

    The example game in this phase · 36 steps
    1. GruntGrunt ×3
    2. GraverobberGraverobber
    3. Construction BotCon bot
    4. GraverobberGraverobber
    5. ThugThug ×2
    6. Mex
    7. Wind
    8. ThugThug ×6
    9. GraverobberGraverobber
    10. Mex
    11. ThugThug ×2
    12. GraverobberGraverobber
    13. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth ×3
    14. ThugThug
    15. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    16. GraverobberGraverobber
    17. Dragon's TeethDragon's Teeth
    18. ThugThug
    19. GuardGuard
    20. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    21. GruntGrunt
    22. ThugThug ×2
    23. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    24. GruntGrunt ×5
    25. TrasherTrasher
    26. BeamerBeamer
    27. Wind ×2
    28. GruntGruntfor Air
    29. Construction BotCon bot
    30. Wind
    31. Mex
    32. GruntGrunt ×2
    33. ThugThug
    34. GruntGrunt ×2
    35. Mex
    36. GruntGrunt
  3. 3

    5:00 to 10:00

    Economy
    • Metal Extractor1Mex
    • Wind Turbine14Wind
    Builders
    • Construction Turret2 Con turret
    • Graverobber2 Graverobber
    • Construction Bot1 Con bot
    Army
    • Guard1 Guard
    • Thug6 Thug
    • Grunt3 Grunt

    Some games also: aggravator (50%) · energy storage (48%) · Radar Tower (43%) · Twin Guard (32%) · converter (30%)

    By 10:00 in all: 6 mex · 18 wind · 1 energy storage · 2 con turret

    The example game in this phase · 83 steps
    1. ThugThug
    2. GruntGrunt ×2
    3. ThugThug
    4. Solar
    5. ThugThug
    6. CenturionCenturion
    7. GruntGrunt
    8. Solar
    9. AggravatorAggravator
    10. GruntGrunt
    11. Mex
    12. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    13. ThugThug
    14. GraverobberGraverobber
    15. GruntGrunt
    16. Construction BotCon bot
    17. Mex
    18. Mex
    19. ThugThug
    20. Construction BotCon bot
    21. Construction BotCon bot
    22. BeamerBeamer
    23. Bot LabBot Labdone 6:37
    24. CenturionCenturion
    25. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    26. Construction BotCon bot
    27. Mex
    28. Radar TowerRadar Tower
    29. GruntGrunt ×4
    30. BeamerBeamer
    31. GruntGrunt
    32. GraverobberGraverobber ×2
    33. Con turret
    34. ThugThug
    35. GruntGrunt ×2
    36. Mex
    37. Wind
    38. GruntGrunt ×2
    39. Wind
    40. CenturionCenturion
    41. GruntGrunt
    42. Wind
    43. Mex
    44. GruntGrunt
    45. ThistleThistle
    46. Wind
    47. GruntGrunt
    48. Wind
    49. GruntGrunt ×2
    50. SprinterSprinter
    51. Wind
    52. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mexdone 9:16 · typical 9:40
    53. Mex
    54. GruntGrunt
    55. Wind
    56. GruntGrunt
    57. Wind
    58. Solar
    59. Wind
    60. GraverobberGraverobber
    61. Wind
    62. Solar
    63. Wind
    64. GruntGrunt
    65. Geothermal PowerplantGeodone 9:00
    66. Wind
    67. GruntGrunt
    68. Con turret
    69. GuardGuard
    70. BeamerBeamer
    71. GruntGrunt
    72. ThistleThistle
    73. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    74. GruntGrunt ×3
    75. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex
    76. BeamerBeamer
    77. GruntGrunt ×4
    78. Twin GuardTwin Guard
    79. GraverobberGraverobber
    80. GruntGrunt
    81. Advanced Metal ExtractorT2 mex ×2
    82. BlitzBlitz
    83. GruntGrunt

Counts are medians over the build's games: half of them build more, half fewer. The example game is _Hawkey_'s (60 OS, 26/09/2026); pick another.

Team trades

IN AT LEAST 30% OF ITS GAMES

You hand over

Nothing regular.

You get

  • Tidal Generator4 Tidal from Pondfirst at 0:10 · in 69% of games
  • Advanced Construction Bot1 T2 con bot from Geo or Techfirst at 7:31 · in 57% of games

How it plays out

Typical game of this build, running totals by minute

Metal produced

010k20k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Enemy metal destroyed

05k10k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

Own metal lost

05k10k15k
0:005:0010:0015:00

metal

382 games.

Show as table
ByMetal produced: This buildEnemy metal destroyed: This buildOwn metal lost: This build
1:0027500
2:0096400
3:002059193133
4:003151673635
5:00432816931420
6:00553225612403
7:00677035643490
8:00795044984460
9:00923452115483
10:001046558576310
11:001198963667149
12:001361268318150
13:001518475068924
14:001695583189835
15:0018357890410495
WHAT THE NUMBERS SAY

This is the role's baseline aggressive job, winning half its games while both dealing and taking heavy metal losses fighting at middle.

  • + Fastest Bot Lab of any role (0:34), gets units fighting almost immediately.
  • + Destroys 8805 enemy metal by 15:00 through constant middle pressure.
  • − Loses 10461 own metal by 15:00, more than it destroys.
  • − Metal production lags behind other front role at 18297 by 15:00.
THE EXAMPLE YOU ARE READING

_Hawkey_

60.3 OS · 26/09/2026

Open source match ↗

7 received units · includes a constructor
72 metal received · 23643 energy received

Allied construction assistance is unknown. Timings are observations, not a promise of solo reproducibility.

Typical milestones

Bot Lab0:34Middle 50%: 0:26–0:44 · n=378
Advanced Metal Extractor9:40Middle 50%: 8:45–10:57 · n=246

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